Town of Abington v. Cutter

This is a bill in equity by two towns to enjoin the defendants, who are the owners of cranberry bogs, from interfering with the natural flow of water into a pond that is a part of the plaintiffs’ water supply, from allowing any water to flow into that pond that shall have become adversely affected by flowing through or standing in ditches in the cranberry bogs, and from discharging any waste, refuse or polluting matter that may in any way corrupt or impair the quality of the water in that pond or render it *716injurious to health. The suit was referred to a master. The plaintiffs’ exceptions were…